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J. A. BRILL.

HAME FASTENEB.

No. 376,811. Patented Jan. 24, 1888, Y

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HAME PASTENER.

No. 376,811. l atented Jan. 24, 1888'.

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UNITED STATES JOHN A. BRILL, or PHILL'ADELPHI'A, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAME-FASTENERQY SPECIFICATION"formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 376,811, dated January 24, 1888.

I Application filed November 18, 1887. Serial No. 255,479. (No model.) i I H To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BRILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia,

in' the county of Philadelphia and State of collar and the hames, showing the usual chain- Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame -Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to hame-fasteners of that form wherein the parts are constructed and arranged for easy and quick manipulation, in order that the hames may be correspondingly coupled to and uncoupled connection with a fastener embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a like view showing fastener reversed and connected directly'to the ends of the hames; Fig. 3, an elevation showing the fastener detached and its parts in their normal position for coupling; Fig. 4, a like view showing its parts moved toa position for uncoupling; Fig. 5, an edge or side elevation of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of arrow 1; and Fig. 6, a partial section on the line 1 1, Fig. 3. v

A represents the fastener,'composed of a lever,B, near one end, b, of which and upon one of its sides is pivoted a hook, O. The pivotscrew 0 for hook 0, upon the opposite side of lever B, forms a journal for an anti-friction roller, D, to one side of which,on the end b of lever B, is pivoted another hook, E, which has an opposite direction to that of hook G,'as shown, andin its end a is an elongated slot, 6, through which its pivot stud or pin e passes, and adjacent to the inner end of said slot is a curved recess, e ,'for the reception of a fixed hub or the anti-friction roller D, when the parts of the fastener are moved into their nor-v mal looking or coupling position,as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The pivots e and c are then in line with each other, and the outer end, b, of lever B contacts or impinges against hook' E. The slot. e invhook E admits of. a

longitudinal movement of the hook E and of lever B and hook C in opposite directions to lock theparts of the fastener together for coupling the hames G-G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and this movement, when completed, brings the anti-friction roller D to the recess 6 on--- hook Eto form a fulcrum for lever B whenits end b is depressed to effect a release of said parts for uncoupling the hames.

fastener, as is usual. A movement of the end l b of lever B in the direction of arrow 2 draws The operation is obvious. The hooks E and l the hooks E and O and the lower end ofthe hames together, and the anti-friction roller D; moves into the recess 6 when the end b of le-' ver B impinges against the outer end of hook E, as shown in Figs; 1 and 2. The resultant described, tosecure or couple the hames to the collar H.

To release the fastener, the handle or end b of lever B is depressed, and as the recess 6 on hook E is a fulcrum for the anti-friction roller onlever B, the hook O, as theroller passes oil of said recess, is first drawn toward hook E, the

slot inthe latter permitting of said movement, and, after the'roller is off of the recess, is then moved in an opposite direction to spread'said hooks apart, as indicated in Fig. 3,-to correspondingly spread or open the lower ends of the hames to admit of uncoupling or removing. them from the collar. To admit of the roller D passing readily toand off of the recess 0*,the lower side of the end 6 of hook 'E is cu rved,as shown at e*. It will be noted from the hooks E and C have separate pivot-s, that they are pivoted to opposite sides of the same end of lever B, and that one hook and the lever and the other hook are adapted to move in opposite longitudinal directions, so that a single movement of lever B. in one direction draws the foregoing that the and upon opposite sides of the same oppositely-directed hooks O and E, the latter having a curved recess, 0, and an elongated slot, 0, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a hame-fastener, of lever B, the hook G, pivoted upon one side of lever B, anti-friction roller journaled on the pivot-stud for hook C on the opposite side of lever B, and a hook, E, having recess 6 and an elongated slot, 6, for a separate pivot, e, securing said hook E to lever B to admit of them longitudinally moving in opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in the hamefastener herein described, of a lever, oppositely-directed hooks having separate pivotal connections with one end of said lever on opposite sides thereof, one of said hooks and the lever and the other hook being. adapted to move longitudinally in opposite directions, and a stud on said lever engaging with a recess on one of said hooks, substantially as set forth.

In testimonywhereofl afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN A. BRILL.

Witnesses:

R. S. REED, S. XV. BROADBENT. 

